Lower Marsh

Lower Marsh is a street in Lambeth, London, England. Until the early 19th century, much of northern Lambeth was marshland, and Lambeth Marsh was built on a Roman raised road over the marshlands, which became known as Lower Marsh after the Church of England sold off its remaining pockets of land to allow for the area to be developed. Lower Marsh and The Cut formed the commercial heart of the area from the early 19th century, and Waterloo Station opened next to Lower Marsh in 1848. During the 2000s, Lower Marsh underwent gentrification, supported by private enterprise and the Lambeth and Southwark councils.